Game-counter.



No. 893,019. PATENTED JULY 14., 1908. P. E. SCOTT.

GAME COUNTER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.17, 1906.

WITNESSES: 'INVENTOR B i I p A TTORNE Y U IIED s'rAT Es raTE T OFFICE.

I i PERCY E. SCOTT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

. Gum-comma.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 14, 1908-.

Applhatlon filed November-17, 1908. Serial No. 843,818.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PnnoY E. Soon, a subect of the King of Great Britain, residing at hiladelphia, county of Philadelphia, and ,State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Im rovement in Game- (lounters, of which the ollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful im )rovement in game counters, and is especia ly adapted for recording the various haping a part of this specification, in which accidentally moved, while Figure 1 is a lan =view of my improved game 'co'unter. ig. 2, an edge view, the same bein sectioned upon the line 21-2: of Fig. '1. Fig. 2.

-In carrying out my invention as here embodied, A represents a board, which may be made-of any suitable material, having u on the face thereof the circular band-s B and B divided into 50 spaces, each indicated by even numbers from naught to ninety-eight.

O and re )resent pointers pivoted at the center of the hands by the screws D, and beneath each of the ointers is located a block of rubber E or ot ier compressible material set in a recess formed in the board, and upon the top of this rubber block is placed a metal washer F so as to add a certain amount of friction to the pointer but prevent its being ermitting it to be moved around the barn from space to space when occasion re uires. These bands and pointers are for inr icating the totals.

G, G, ll and ll arecircular bands, two

located above each of the bands B and B, divided into fifteen and twenty-one spaces respectivel each of the spaces in the bands G and ll )eingindicated by even numbersfrom naught to twenty-eight, and in the bands G and H these spaces are indicated by hundreds from nau ht to two thousand. At the center of each of these last named'cir- Big. 3', a section at the line y of cular bands is pivoted'a ointer I in the same manner as just describe( in connection with the pointers (land O and for the same purpose. These pointers and bands being intended to register the number of points after each deal.

The bandsG and H and their-pointers are for registering the points made in the game,

1 while the bands G and II and their )()ll'ltt .l'S are for registering the totals. The ldea belng that when the pomters C and (3 have been moved up to zero, wluch indicates one hundred polnts, then the pomters G and ii are moved one s ace to transfer the register from the bands or B to the pointers l or H.

At each of the two corners of the board beto the ed e of the board in the same manner as described. in connection with the other pointers, and are intended to indicate when a game is won by being turned up, and prior to this these pointers are supposed to lie parallel with the edges of the board. The board is divided into two halves b the central line M or other demarcation, am one side is indicated by the word we and the other by the word they, so that each set of players may keep their score upon a duplicate set of indicators, as will be readily understood.

Heret'ofore it has been customary in keeping the score in bridge whist to Write the different points down as they are made, and this occasions considerable confusion and .loss of time, as it requires calculation to determine where each set of players stand,

whereas, by the use of my improved counter,

0w many rubbers ring, and a semi-circular band in the outer screw for holding each pointer in place, a

block of rubber countersunk in the outer face o'l' the board, a metal washer bearin against the outer face of the rubber block and against the under face of the pointer, said screw having its free end extending in said board and its body extending through said pointers, blocks of rubber, and metal washers to simultaneously hold each in its res ective position, and a side pointer for eac 1 section arranged on the outer side edges at the boards ends, said side ointers being adapted to be 15 fixed my signature in the presence of two 20 subscribing witnesses. v

PERCY E. SCOTT.

Witnesses;

MALCOLM P. SToNEY, ISAAC M. MILLER. 

